… management of children with acute ischemic stroke. Acute ischemic stroke is an emergency
… 1–2/100,000 per year during childhood with peaks of incidence during the perinatal period, …

… Childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) is not as rare as one … Put in perspective, children
have strokes and tumors of the … a child with an acute ischemic stroke. Controversial issues …

… Childhood arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) causes lifelong disabilities in the majority of
affected children. Prior studies suggest that the cumulative rate of recurrent AIS is high in these …

… Improved neuroimaging has led to increased detection of childhood ischemic stroke, and
the current estimated incidence of childhood arterial ischemic stroke is 1.6 per 100 000 children…

… Childhood acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is increasingly recognized as an important cause of
morbidity and is among the top 10 causes of death in children.1 Previous studies showed that …

… Half the children with ischemic stroke have no previous underlying cause. • Most children
with arterial ischemic stroke have cerebrovascular disease. • Primary prevention of stroke in …

… an acute arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) requires the combination of a clinical syndrome consistent
with a stroke … Childhood AIS is a subset of pediatric stroke, encompassing AIS patients …

… management of people with acute stroke. The concept of a “brain attack” has received
widespread publicity in the USA and there is little doubt that stroke units save adult lives38and …

… is a significant risk factor for childhood arterial ischemic stroke, and ischemic stroke can occur
even in … However, it has been used in childhood acute ischemic stroke following published …

… Expert commentary: While perinatal stroke, a leading cause of cerebral palsy, appears to
be multifactorial, a large number of childhood ischemic stroke are probably essentially …